Multiple Choice
A nurse should include the proper use of an incentive spirometer in teaching a preoperative patient.What postoperative assessment of this patient would reveal that the incentive spirometry teaching has been effective?
A) Adventitious breath sounds
B) Expiratory wheezing
C) Thick, green respiratory secretions
D) Clear breath sounds
Correct Answer:

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